Toy mouth structure



Patented Mar. 10, 1925- UNITED STATES SAMUEL ROSENTHZAL, OF NEW YORK, N.Y.

TOY MOUTH STRUCTURE.

Application led May 27, 1924. Serial No. 716,236.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. ROSEN- TI-IAL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, United States of America, haveinvented a new and Improved Toy Mouth Structure, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to toys and refers more particularly to a mouthstruct-ure therefor.

The outstanding object of the present invention is to provide ay mouthstructure for stuHed toys which includes means for effecting the openingand closing of the mouth, said means serving to normally hold the mouthin a closed position, and being capable of manipulation to open thesame.

The invention furthermore comprehends a sound producing` device operableby the jaw opening and closing means in order to synchronize the soundwith the movement of the mouth.

As a` further object the invention contemplates a toy mouth structurewhich is extremely simple in its construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and produce, and which is highly attractive and amusing.

l/Vith the above recited and other objects in view, the inventionresides in the novel construction set forth in the followingspeciication, particularly pointed out in the appended claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that theright is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustratedherein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the termsin which the claims are expressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy equipped with amouth structure in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view therethrough.

Referring to the -drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates thebody of a stuffed toy provided with a head 11 rotatably connected withthe body by a swivel 12 which passes through a disk 13 closing the lowerend of the head and a disk 111 closing the upper end of the body. Themouth structure consists of upper and lower jaw members 15 and 16hingedly connected at their inner or rear ends by a Hexible strip 17 iwhich permits of relative opening land closing movement of the jawmembers. In

order to provide means for connecting the l lower jaw member 16 with thedisk 13 whereby the jaw member 16 is normally maintained in closedposition and whereby pressure upon the front of the neck to effect theswinging of the j aw member 16 to open position, a relatively heavycoiled expansion spring 18 is connected at its opposite endsrespectively to the jaw member 16 and the disk member 13. The spring 18is normally in a curved or arcuate line closely conforming to thecontour of theI chin and forward portion of the neck so that inwardpressure on the neck to further bow or Hex the spring 18 will cause apull to be exerted on the lower jaw 16 to move the same downwardly to anopen position. It thus follows that when the pressure on the neck andspring 18 is relieved the spring 18 will return the jaw 16 to its normalclosed relation to the jaw 15. In order to further add to theattractiveness of the toy, a sound producing device 19 is embedded inthe stuffed head 11 and is provided with a movable wall 20 arrangedcontiguous to the periphery of the convolut-ions of the spring 18whereby pressure exerted on the neck and spring will effect a movementof the movable wall 2O to produce a sound synchronized with the movementof the jaw 16.

In lieu of exerting a pressure on the neck to open the jaw 16, a chain21 may be attached to the lower jaw or chin of the head 11 so that adownward pull thereon will open the mouth, Hex the spring and operatethe sound producing device 19. The sound producing device 19 may be ofany desired type, which in the present instance consists of a smallbellows having a reed 22 through which the internal pressure of thebellows exhausts upon compression thereof and which bellows is normallyopened by a coiled expansion spring 23.

I claim:

1. A mouth structure for stuffed toys comprising a pair of relativelymovable jaw members, and means for effecting the opening and closing ofthe mouth which includes a spring connected at its opposite ends to oneof the jaws and the botto-m of the head, said spring serving to normallyeHect the closing of the mouth and adapted to open the same upolrlipressure exerted to Hex the spring latera y.

2. A mouth structure for stuHed toys comprisin-g a pai-r d'f relatively"movable jaw members, means for effecting the openmg and closing of themouth which includes a spring connected at vits'oppositreendsltowne ofthe jaws and the bottom of the,liead,said spring serving to normallye'eettheclosing of the mouth and adaptedeto open-the same upon pressureexerted to Aflex the spring latorally, mnd a lsound producing dev-icenem- 10 .,bedded t in L the 1 head ,of f. the toy yadjaoent the fsprng`,and y operable .upon v,opening of lthe Amouthftovproduce therewith.

the soundesimltaneously form to the lin lanY'51111-4a--monthstruotare-for toys, agpair of relatively movable jawmembers, and means 15 for effecting the opening and closing of said dfront of the neck and normally functonngitolose the mouth, the

.sadsspring beingoperablettoopenithe mouth ;uponi an., increase' injpressure exertedagainst theneekof; thetoy.

the urVatuIeth/ereof by SAMUELEHERMANEBLSENTHAL

